Mechanical Behaviour of Banana and Pineapple Hybrid Composites Reinforced with Epoxy Resin

With growing environmental awareness,ecological concerns and legislations,eco fiber reinforced plastic composites have received increasing attention during the recent decades. The composites have many advantages over traditional glass fiber and inorganic materials. In this paper, test are conducted for composite material constitutes banana and less discovered pineapple as filling materials. These composites are adhered using epoxy resin cosists resin and hardener suitably mixed in appropriate volume. Here for preparing samples Hand lay up method is used , specimens are prepared and tests are carried out , which shows tensile and bending strengths. The tensile & compressive test were applied on specimens of 300×50×10 mm in dimensions but in different proportions of banana and pineapple by weight. The test result shows two different values of banana and pineapple composite tensile tests one shows 23.47N/mm 2 and other shows 25.05N/mm 2 on pre decided parameters. But previous one had good bending & impact strength as compare to latter one. These composites can be used in various purposes because of its unique features of recycleability, waste utilization, environment friendly, biodegradibility, good strength and a good alternative to plastics.